Omaha daily bee., 1887-09-25

prayers to be offered up for her sons
sake at all the lady chapels Of Upper
Austria, and is sending gift to Lourdes
to secure the protection of the virgin OF
that shrine for Ferdinand. She has great
confidence in Marien Zell, holy place
up high in the mountains on the road
from Vienna to Trieste. Pilgrimages
We're made to it by her mother, Queen
Caroline of Naples, who was at once the
most debauched and most superstitious
woman of her time, and by her great
grandmother, the Empress Maria The
resa. Prince Ferdinand's wealthy moth
er, who adores her youngest son, is pre-
pared to launch him as sovereign in a
manner beseeming his rank.
Women I'm Editorial Chairs.
indianapolis Journal: 1t would make a
long list simply to enumerate the names
of women who sit in the editorial chairs
of magazines Mrs. Mary Mapes Dodge
went from a successful literary career to
the office of st. Nicholas. Ella Farman
Pratt takes an occasional part in making
up Wide Awake. Of the fashion perlod.
Gals there IS no better edited publication
of any kind in the country than Harper's
Bazaar, of which Mrs. Mary l.. Booth and
control. Jennie June has half owner
ship in Godey's Lady Book and is su-
preme in the editorial room. Nine.
Demorest has but just retired from the
business control Of the magazine bearing
her name. The widow of Peterson. the
Philadelphia publisher, has taken Peter
sons Magazine into her own hands, both
editorially and financially. The LADIES'
World pays the woman at its head 5000
| a year, and the new dress reform maya
zine, Dress, If Mrs. Jennie Miller will al
| low it TO be classed with fashion publica-
Who'll Wholly managed p"'i by o|"'u its editor, so.
who if putting a good deal
issues. Mrs. Laura Holloway edits the
| Home Library Magazine and the
Woman's Argosy. new Chicago ventures,
which promise large success. Mrs. Jose.
phine Redding edits two decorative art
magazines very ably, and the housekeep-
ing magazines are in swarms. or a more
serious class of publications, Mrs. Martha
j. Lamb has increased the circulation
and made the reputation of the Magazine
| of American History, and Miss Jeanette
her work on the Critic. Philanthropic
publications of all sorts are in feminine
hands. Edward Everett Hale's Lend a
Hand IS largely directed bya woman. and
the list, not of women who supply mat
ter for departments, but who are in edi.
torial or business control, or both of
periodicals of some size and standing
could be prolonged at some length.
Many of the large publishing houses say
that women make the best readers of
manuscript. and the same qualities thai
make feminine talent available there to.
gether with some tact and business judg.
ment, make good editors of them also.
Their periodicals almost invariably are
good business properties, and are nicely
adjusted to the exact clientage they are
meant TO reach. Jennie June says
women like editorial work, and editorial
work thus far seems to like them also.
The Richest Woman In the World
Washington Past: 1t is settled, ! sup
pose, that the bona Isadora Cousino il
coming to New York as soon as the sea
son is fairly opened this winter. If she
does the city will have a sensation an1
one of a sort that 1t appreciates. The
Chillan money queen never does anything
by halves. She proposes to take house
furnish 1t as few houses in New York
have ever been furnished, and it is il
| the air that she means to show New York
how unlimited cash can entertain. Sh,
can teach lesson or two in that art i
she tries. She is learned professor ant
money fetches New York every time.
The Sonora Cousno is something NOR,
than the richest woman in the world
She has one of the biggest fortunes hell
by either sex-possibly the largest one OF
the western continent. She is, unless tn
last season or two has faded her greatly
something of a beauty. She has a grea
deal of an eccentric and not a little o
genius. She has astonished pretty ncarl
all the capitals of Europe in their turn
: ard she cannot rest on her laurcls with
! out astonishing New York, too.
The Dona Isador is not much short o
forty, but she looks younger. She
to look tall. Her figure is graceful bu
her big dark eyes are her taking feature
Her skin is Spanish brown with das
of red under it, and she has quantities
!. dark hair She is one of the estdresse
women in the world in an imperial Sol
of way, and with daring use of colo
" doubt If there is a private jewel colleC
stones at a time than is usual with pet
pie who haven't so many and who lily
7 in North American latitudes.
!, No more business woman exists. Sh
u u inherited cattle, married mines, and no
II widow, has gone into about ever
,. money making enterprise in which Chill
the most progressive of the southern r,
N publics, has engaged. She is the bigge
" real estate owner in Santiago and Va
u paralso. She has furnished the capit'
for manufacturing enterprises. She h;
!, started art pOtteries. She has built
o railroad and runs two lines of ire
" steamships. SOut American fortunes a
a hard to estimate, but many people ha'
u put hers above $500, ,OOO, 900. Money mt
p tiplies fast in her hands, for her eye
" " everywhere.
q There was a young man, a son of Ol
e of her cousins, believe, whom she Sc
- to New England college some yea
Is ago. South Americans, by the way, ha'
X fancy for New England schools. II
Young man was fairly clever, very goo
10 looking, not at all studious, had plen
III of money. and was great favorit
e. Shortly after the beginning OF a term
y left school abruptly, sent abroad, so t
~ tale went, by a whim of his rich relati,
~ Some magnificent rubies that she h
IN many times coveted had been offered
s1 sale and had gone on the market witho
m her knowledge. He was to hunt @
e. their buyer, trace the gems and get the
W for her at any price. The rubies We
some of Eugenie's-it is odd how the G
y, empress's gems, laces and poodle dc
ne turn up everywhere-and they were
OF New York before he reached the otf
y. | o;ta A wOulN .ha swell dame had ms